Table 1 Characteristics of surgery and non-Surgery VA patients, fiscal years 2006-2009
Characteristic | Non-Surgerya (N = 6,828,996) | Surgery (N = 321,131) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
Age (range 18 -100Â years) | 60.8 | 17.0 | 63.7 | 12.2 |
| Â | N | % | N | % |
Women | 376,738 | 5.5Â % | 15,620 | 4.9Â % |
Race †|  |  |  |  |
 White | 3,762,464 | 80.2 % | 239,385 | 78.3 % |
 African American | 810,744 | 17.3 % | 58,617 | 19.2 % |
 Other | 117,233 | 2.5 % | 7834 | 2.6 % |
Hispanic †| 285,060 | 6.1 % | 18,228 | 6.0 % |
Married | 3,450,809 | 55.7Â % | 151,250 | 47.1Â % |
Census Region ‡ |  |  |  |  |
 Northeast | 933,339 | 15.0 % | 39,381 | 12.3 % |
 Midwest | 1,370,997 | 22.1 % | 65,564 | 20.4 % |
 South | 2,600,064 | 41.9 % | 138,254 | 43.1 % |
 West | 1,233,838 | 19.9 % | 73,017 | 22.7 % |
 Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands | 74,416 | 1.2 % | 4915 | 1.5 % |
VA Priority 1: 50-100Â % service-connected disability | 845,452 | 12.4Â % | 75,412 | 23.5Â % |
Obesity Diagnosis | 329,231 | 5.3Â % | 89,624 | 27.9Â % |
Serious Mental Illness Group | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Schizophrenia | 96,874 | 1.4 % | 7155 | 2.2 % |
 Bipolar Disorder | 102,801 | 1.5 % | 6795 | 2.1 % |
 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | 464,720 | 6.8 % | 23,178 | 7.2 % |
 Major Depressive Disorder | 172,441 | 2.5 % | 8269 | 2.6 % |
 No Serious Mental Illness | 5,992,160 | 87.8 % | 275,734 | 85.9 % |